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APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING OIL ON THE SURFACE OF THE SEA. N0. 364,538.

Patented June '7, 1887.

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.Aktgvweg UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS D, MoNTAeUE, or HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR 'oE ONE-HALF ro GEORGE nEArEn a ons, or SAME PLACE.

APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING OIL ON THE SURFACE OF THE SEA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,538, dated June 7, 1 8 87.

Application filed January 29, 1887. Serial No. 225,886. {No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANCIS D. MONTAGUE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hope dale, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Distributing Oil on the Surface of Troubled Seas, of which the followingis a specification,reference being made to the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide an apparatus to be carried in life looats and larger vessels, adapted to distribute a film of oil on troubled seas for the purpose of calming the surface of the same and rendering it smooth in the roughest weather.

In carrying out my invent-ionI use a tank partly filled with oil, an air-pumpconnected thereto for the purpose of forcing air under pressure into said tank, and thereby forcing oil therefrom through one or more dischargepipes extending from said tank over the bow or other portion of the vessel, whereby the oil is gradually distributed over the surface of the water.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents, in elevation, a surf life-boat; and Fig. 2, a plan ofa larger vessel, both illustrating my invention. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the oiltank and air-pump connected, and Fig. 4 shows convenient forms of distributing-nozzles.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in all the figures.

A'is a vessel, B an oil-tank placed therein at any convenient point, and C an air-pump connected to said tank by the tube 0!, whereby air may be forced into said oil-tank by said air-pump. The discharge-pipe 11 leads from the oil-tank B, and is carried outside the ves-- sel by a boom or otherwise, and terminates in top of the tank to the internaltube, 1), (shown in dotted lines,) which extends down close to the bottom of the tank, as shown. It will be understood that the tank, which is airtight, is filled nearly full of oil say up to the line d, and the space above that line is occupied by air.

The mode of operation is as. follows: Suppose it is desired to reach a wreck lying off shore through a rough surf. The surf-boat A,

provided with the apparatus described, has abounded by surf and breakers on either side.

By this means a distant wreck is easily and safely reached from the shore even in the roughest weather.

Referring now more particularly to Fig. 2,

which represents a larger craft, in this case discharge-pipes are led from the oil-tank to various parts ofthe ship, said pipes being provided with stop cocks, whereby the oil may be directed and discharged to windward in whatever position the vessel may be. Thus the tank B is provided with the System of discharge-pipes I), f, g, h, c, k, and Z, provided, respectively, with the stop-cocks or valves m, n, p, q, r, s, and t, whereby the'oil may be dirooted to windward, as described, through any nozzle which happens to be to windward. E

is a portable spar carrying the discharge-pipe t", wholly or partly flexible. This spar is thrust out to windward from any part of the vessel, thus carrying the nozzle of the discharge-pipe t outwardly, whereby the oil may be discharged upon the Surface of the water at.

a considerable distance to windward of the vessel;

The spar E may be secured in position in any suitable manner. ever, the inner end is held in place by the brace u, and where said spar passes over the side of the vessel it is secured by the clasp or hasp o. I

It will be observed that the discharge-pipe may be carried down close to or even below the surface of the water, as may be found ad As shown here, how- ICC vantageous. Furthermore, any suitable form of diseharge-nozzlc may be used which may be found most advantageous under given circumstances. I

Several styles of suitable nozzles are shown in Fig. 4, in which the nozzle 0 is contracted at its orifice c, in order to discharge the oil in asolid forcible stream, which will reach its destination on the water and resist the tendency of the wind to blow it away. The nozzle c terminates in a flaring sprinkler, in order to discharge the oil in small streams, as if from a watering-pot. Various other forms of nozzlebetween these extremes may be used such, for instance, as nozzles having double or triple orifices situated some distance apart. These are matters of detail, any of which may be used in carrying out my invention.

It will be observed that when the stop-cocks in the discharge-pipes are all closed the airpump 0 may be worked to accumulate a heavy pressure of compressed air in the tank 13, which, when one of the stop-cocks is opened, will cause the oil to flow, even after the pump has ceased to work.

I do not herein claim anything shown and elai med in my Patent No. 335,035, dated Jan uary 26, 1886, on apparatus for distributing oil on troubled waters.

IVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an apparatus for distributing oil on the surface of troubled water, the combination, substantially as described, of a vessel, an air-pump and an oil-tank located on said vessel, an air-pipe leading irom said air-pump and connected to said oil-tank, and a dischargepipe leading from said oil-tank and adapted to discharge oil on the surface of the water outsideofsaid vessel, said oil being forced through said dischargepi pe by the pressure oi'ai r forced into said tank by said air-pump, for the purpose set forth.

2. In an apparatus for distributing oil on the surface of rough water, the combination, with the vessel A, of the air-pump O and the oil-tank B, located on said vessel, the air-pipe a, connecting said pump and tank, and the discharge-pipe 1), leading from said oil-tank and adapted to discharge oil on the surface of the water outside of said vessel, for the purpose of preventing the breaking of waves over the same, said discharge-pipe being provided with a stop-cock adapted to regulate the flow of oil through said pipe, and also to permit the accumulation of air-pressure in said oiltank when said stop-cock is closed, substantially as described.

3. In an oil-distributing apparatus on a vessel, the co mbination,substantially as described, of the following elements: the air-pump, the oil tank or reservoir, the air-pipe connecting said air-pump and oil-tank, the discharge-pipe leading from said oil-tank, and the adjustable spar or boom supporting the outer end of said discharge-pipe, and capable of being th rust outwardly from any desired portion of the vessel and there supported adjustably in place.

4. In a vessel provided with an oil-distributing apparatus, the portable boom or spar E, capable of being thrust outwardly from any desired portion of the vessel and there supported adj ustably in place, said spar carrying the flexible discharge-pipe 1 substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

FRANCIS D. MONTAGUE.

Witnesses:

J. E. \VALKER, A. IVIIEELER. 

